History of Minecraft

By Swager921

  • It was published.

    It was published.
    It was created by Markus Notch Persson.

  • Notch quits his job on Jalbum.

    Notch quits his job on Jalbum.
    When minecraft sales rose tremendously, Notch quits his job and focuses on minecraft.

  • Mojang joins the development of minecraft.

    Mojang joins the development of minecraft.
    Mojang is founded by Notch and Jakob Porser.

  • Minecraft surpassed 1 million purchases.

    Minecraft surpassed 1 million purchases.
    Mojang made over 33 million dollars in sales.

  • Minecraft Pocket Edition was released.

    Minecraft Pocket Edition was released.
    Minecraft was released on androids.

  • Minecraft PE is on all devices.

    Minecraft PE is on all devices.
    Minecraft PE is available on all tablets, ipads and ect.

  • Notch steps down from his position.

    Notch steps down from his position.
    Markus Persson steps down as lead developer of Minecraft, replaced by Jens Bergensten.

  • Mojang hired Bukkit.

    Mojang hired Bukkit.
    Mojang announced that they had hired the developers of the server platform “Bukkit” to improve Minecraft’s support of server and client mods.

  • Minecraft is released on Xbox.

    Minecraft is released on Xbox.
    Mojang releases a version of Minecraft specially made for the Xbox 360.

  • Lego minecraft is released.

    Lego minecraft is released.
    Lego Minecraft sets designed by Mojang are released.

  • Minecraft is on the playstation.

    Minecraft is on the playstation.
    Minecraft playstation is released.

  • Minecraft sold 33 million games.

    Minecraft sold 33 million games.
    Minecraft surpassed 33 million sales.